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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
The standard [Standard A] Nurian consonant inventory contains 42 consonants and 12 vowels. | |||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
A notable feature of Nurian phonology is phonemic palatalization, similar to Lithuanian and Russian. All consonants except /ħ ʕ h j/ are members of a hard-soft-pair. /ħ ʕ h j/ color the /a/ vowel as if they were soft, and /ħ ʕ/ tend to lower adjacent vowels. | |||
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|+'''Consonant phonemes in Standard Nurian''' | |+'''Consonant phonemes in Standard Nurian [Standard A]''' | ||
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"| | !rowspan="2" colspan="2"| | ||
!colspan="2" | Labial | !colspan="2" | Labial | ||